To-Do List:
Protect, restore, and expand wild habitat
Manage bio-systems to optimize species survival across systems.
Create large nature reserves of varied topography to facilitate species migrations as climate conditions change.
Create corridors connecting habitats for migration.
Shrink farmland by improving agricultural productivity through GDP growth, market incentives, and continued advances in crop science and technology.
Change global food preferences, e.g., less beef, more veggie forms of protein.
Reduce food waste and make productive use of remaining food waste.
Seek common ground with all stakeholders, including commercial and agricultural interests, to develop new legislation to protect endangered species
Strengthen and increase enforcement of regulations, avoiding adversarial approaches as much as possible
Work with government agencies to make sure they enforce existing laws – litigating as a last resort.
Work with stakeholders to help them comply with existing laws, avoiding adversarial and litigious approaches when possible.
Work with governments to strengthen state institutions, increase transparency, and reduce corruption, e.g., to improve enforcement of environmental laws.
Develop incentives for private landowners and other commercial interests to participate in programs that protect endangered species.
Collect and preserve genetic information on animals and plants to advance conservation, assisted reproduction, cloning efficiency, and wildlife medicine.
Develop an international network of bio-banks with living cell lines, gametes, and embryos.
Expand captive breeding programs to improve genetic diversity of endangered species and develop genetically viable populations for eventual habitat return – prepare animals for reintroduction, choose suitable habitats, and when returned to wild habitat, closely monitor adjustment and effects on other species. Tweak as needed.
Last but not least: relentlessly pursue private and public funding to do all the above.
Well, it's a start.....